Dough-kneader.



No. 702,248. Patented lune I0, 1902.

M. J. RUSSELL. DOUGH KNEADER.

(Application filed Mar. 14, 1902.)

(No Model.)

u Wlllnulun UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARGARET J. RUSSELL, OF STAMFORD, NET V YORK.

ooueHi-KNEADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 702,248, dated June 10, 1902. Application fild Mattie. 1962 swam. 98,234.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: r Be it known that I, MARGARET J. RUSSELL,

a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at St'amford, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dou'gh-Kneadersgandl do declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will 1 enable others skilled in the art to which it ap-f pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of. this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful im-.

provements in machines for kneading dough; and it consists in the provision of means designed for attachment to a bread-pan, whereby dough may be thoroughly worked [by the stirrer, which is actuated as a crank con-. nected thereto is rotated. 1 The invention relates, further, to various details of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the lower end of the shaftB isadapted to havea bearing. C. designates a cover for the pan, which cover has an'aperture G 'inits center. Supported on said cover are thestraps D of metal, which-are integral with'or secured'to a disk D, which is centrally apertured to receive the upper end of said shaft, which has a bearing therein. Near the lower end of said shaft is journaled an apertured disk E, hav'- ing secured thereto radiating points E, which are provided as stirrers, and secured to the upper surface of said disk E are straps F, the u er ends of which are fastened to the un der surface of the rotatable plate G, which is centrally apertured. Said straps pass through the central aperture in said plate G and are fastened to the under'surface of the gearwheel H, which is journaled to rotate about said shaft. Said gear-wheel is mounted a short distance above said plate, preferably half an inch, and in operation the gear-wheel, plate, .and stirrers rotate together. The under face of said plate when adjusted in place is adapted to rest upon the upper face of the cover. A second gearwheel K is provided which turns idly on the shaft and is kept at a fixed distance from the gear-wheel H by means of the disks L and L, which are fastened to the opposite ends of the hollow tubing N. Projecting horizontally from said tubing is an arm M at one side of a stub-shaft 0, also projectingfrom the tubing, and at the outer end of said arm M is mounted a disk P, serving to limit the inner throw of the gear-wheel Q, which is journaled on said stub-shaft. A disk P, similar to disk P, is mounted on the outer end of said stub-shaft O to prevent the gear-wheel Q from coming off the shaft on which it has a bearing. Said gear-wheel Q has teeth about the side of its rim, which are in engagement with the teeth of said gearwheels H and K, and a suitable turning-handle T is fastened to said wheel Q.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the attachment embodying my invention maybe readily applied to an ordinary bread-pan by providing means for supporting and holding the shaft and aperturing the cover to admit the passage therethrough of the shaft and the straps secured to rotate with the gear-wheels. By turning the handle the stirrers may be rotated, whereby the dough may be thoroughly kneaded.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1 In combination witha pan and cover therefor, a shaft mounted in said pan in a socket in the bottom of the pan, a stirrer journaled to rotate on said shaft, a plate mounted above the cover, straps connecting said plate with said stirrer and adapted to rotate therewith, agear-wheel rotating about said shaft and connected to said straps, and means for rotating saidgear-wheel, as set forth.

in mesh with said gear-wheel which is connected to the stirrer, and the straps connected at their ends to the edge of the cover, and radiating from a disk which is mounted on said shaft, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARGARET J. RUSSELL. WVitnesses:

J. M. R. THOMPSON, D. L. THOMPSON. 

